One time I introduced my orchestra as the Shampoo Music Makers instead of the Champagne Music Makers.

By 1969, when I celebrated 45 years in the music business, I also had 45 people in our musical family.

If you put all your strength and faith and vigor into a job and try to do the best you can, the money will come.

When my parents first arrived there, North Dakota had just been admitted to the Union, and the country was still wild and harsh.

I played a Spaniard. I looked about as Spanish as any other fair-skinned German.

For a while we had trouble trying to get the sound of a champagne cork exploding out of the bottle. I solved the problem by sticking my finger in my mouth and popping it out.

My first appearance, the first time I try anything, invariably is not very successful. I tend to grow slowly, but solidly.